Algeria vs Southern Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Algeria
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Algeria currently reports 135,414 ha against 82,808 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 52,606 ha.
That makes Algeria's figure about 1.6 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Algeria ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 6 and Southern Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,517 ha | 47,275 ha | 17,758 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 61,394 ha | 49,745 ha | 11,649 ha | Algeria |
| 1980s | 88,458 ha | 65,801 ha | 22,657 ha | Algeria |
| 1990s | 87,336 ha | 65,554 ha | 21,782 ha | Algeria |
| 2000s | 86,769 ha | 63,387 ha | 23,382 ha | Algeria |
| 2010s | 147,587 ha | 77,367 ha | 70,220 ha | Algeria |
| 2020s | 138,202 ha | 82,154 ha | 56,048 ha | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Algeria or Southern Africa?
- Algeria, at 135,414 ha against 82,808 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Algeria and Southern Africa?
- 52,606 ha, with Algeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Southern Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.